Since the Judicial Reform Initiative was first launched in early 1995，theFord Foundation has provided over $ 4 million in funding to projects aimed at strengthening China’s judicial system. These projects range from simulated mock trials demonstrating how foreign courts operate to in-depth studies on theoriesof judicial power. Despite the variety of its programming，the Initiative’s workhas been guided by a four-pronged strategy：first，it has encouraged applied research to better understand how Ch <<